Economy

WTO rules against US ban on Chinese poultry

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-26 13:36

GENEVA - The WTO adopted on Monday, at its Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) meeting, its final rulings on the China-US poultry dispute, outlawing the "Section 727", applied by the US in 2009 practically banning Chinese poultry product from entering into the US market.

The rulings, came after the WTO panel report on Sept 29, was adopted without US appeal.

In a statement addressing the DSB meeting, the Chinese Delegation to the WTO welcomed the rulings which "speaks very clearly" in its findings that Section 727 of Division A of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 ("Section 727"), is " inconsistent" with the WTO rules.

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The delegation said the United States "has completely banned the importation of poultry products from China since 2007 through its annual appropriation acts and other related measure", which " fundamentally violate relevant WTO rules," and "substantially impair the rights and benefits that Chinese enterprises deserve to enjoy under the multilateral trading system."

The delegation called to attention that although "Section 727" has expired, "certain provisions in annual appropriations measures of the US Congress may still affect China's ability to access US poultry market in the future."

China hopes that the United States would "take positive steps to eliminate all discriminate measures against Chinese poultry products, conduct fair import assessments and tests on poultry from China and resume normal China - US trade on poultry products." the delegation added.